A Description Of The Present State Of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, And Mount Athos (1678) - Couverture souple

Georgirenes, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1436724376 ISBN 13 : 9781436724371

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

""A Description Of The Present State Of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, And Mount Athos"" is a book written by Joseph Georgirenes in 1678. The book provides a detailed account of the state of the islands of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, and Mount Athos during the late 17th century. Georgirenes, a Greek Orthodox monk, provides a comprehensive description of the geography, history, and culture of these islands. He describes the natural resources, the economy, the social structure, and the religious practices of the inhabitants. He also provides an account of the political and military events that had an impact on these islands.The book is particularly valuable for its description of Mount Athos, a monastic community that has been a center of Orthodox Christianity for over a thousand years. Georgirenes provides a detailed account of the monasteries, the daily life of the monks, and the religious practices that are still observed today.Overall, ""A Description Of The Present State Of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, And Mount Athos"" is a valuable historical document that provides a glimpse into the life and culture of these islands during the late 17th century. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Greece, the Orthodox Church, or the Mediterranean world.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1436724376
• ISBN 13: 9781436724371
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 140
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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